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It was common for a doctor to deliver one baby after another, without washing his hands or changing clothes between patients. [citation needed] The first recorded epidemic of puerperal fever occurred at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris in 1646. Hospitals throughout Europe and America consistently reported death rates between 20% and 25% of all women ...
Febrile neutropenia or neutropenic fever is a defined as a single oral temperature value of ≥ 38.3 C (101 F) or a temperature ≥ 38 C (100.4 F) for ≥ 1 hour, with an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1500 cell/microliter. [1] In case of severe neutropenia, the ANC is < 500 cell/microliter. [1]
The temperature reading depends on which part of the body is being measured. The typical daytime temperatures among healthy adults are as follows: Temperature in the rectum (rectal), vagina, or in the ear (tympanic) is about 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) [20] [medical citation needed] Temperature in the mouth (oral) is about 36.8 °C (98.2 °F) [12]
Fever fit, febrile convulsion: An analog medical thermometer showing a temperature of 38.8 °C or 101.8 °F: Specialty: Emergency medicine, neurology: Symptoms: Tonic-clonic seizure [1] Usual onset: Ages of 6 months to 5 years [1] Duration: Typically less than 5 minutes [1] Types: Simple, complex [1] Causes: High body temperature [1] Risk ...
A medical thermometer or clinical thermometer is a device used for measuring the body temperature of a human or other animal. The tip of the thermometer is inserted into the mouth under the tongue (oral or sub-lingual temperature), under the armpit (axillary temperature), into the rectum via the anus (rectal temperature), into the ear (tympanic temperature), or on the forehead (temporal ...
The study examined over 600,000 live births of infants born less than or equal to 34 weeks gestation. The study used measures of health available at the time of birth such as highest intrapartum maternal temperature, rupture of membranes, whether or not the mother has group b streptococcus , and if the mother was given any intrapartum ...
Average surface temperature on Earth 288 15 59 519 128 5 12 15 Average human body temperature* 310 37 98 558 95 12 29 27 Highest recorded surface temperature on Earth [2] 331 58 [2] 136.4 [2] 596 63 19 46 38 Water boils (at standard pressure) 373.1339 99.9839 211.97102 671.64102 0.00 33.00 80.00 60.00 Titanium melts 1941 1668 3034 3494 −2352 ...
The baby contracts the infection from the mother during labour. In 2014 it was estimated that about one in 2000 newborn babies had a group B streptococcuss infection within the first week of life, usually evident as respiratory disease, general sepsis, or meningitis. [156]